Senior Financial Analyst, Budgeting, Internal Reporting, Financial Consolidation, Regional Media

Role Overview

• Reporting to the Senior Manager, Budgeting & Internal Reporting, the Senior Financial Analyst serves as a key partner to French Services, Regional Media and various corporate support teams for financial consolidation.
• Plan and co-ordinate financial consolidation and forecasting cycles for French Services.
• Act as a financial adviser to a variety of departments, providing high-level support for planning, budgeting, management reporting and financial forecasting.
• Conduct complex financial analyses, identifying budget variances, investigating root causes and recommending corrective actions in compliance with established accounting policies and practices.
• Lead financial planning, budget development and forecasting, ensuring the production of all required reports.
• Perform in-depth analyses of divisional activities, including reviewing budget variances, to propose and implement corrective actions that maintain budget integrity.
• Co-ordinate all budgeting and financial forecasting consolidation activities across French Services.
• Plan, co-ordinate and participate in all stages of the budgeting process in conjunction with managers.
• Support and advise managers within assigned departments by making complex financial data understandable to non-experts.
• Design and develop ad hoc reports and processes, while identifying opportunities to improve existing reporting frameworks.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders across the French Services, English Services and Corporate Finance teams; Procurement; and Legal Services.
• Interpret and apply corporate policies, standards, methods, collective agreements and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Manage various ad hoc financial requests as they arise.

Requirements

• University degree in accounting or equivalent.
• Minimum five years’ relevant experience in accounting or a related field.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA) or currently enrolled in a CPA certification program.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and the MS Office Suite.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Strong investigative and analytical mindset, with the ability to identify and implement strategies for process improvement.
• Ability to establish clear priorities and reconcile diverse operational needs while ensuring compliance with budgets and reporting deadlines.
• Excellent command of French (essential).
• Experience with SAP, BW, TM1 or Oracle (nice-to-haves).
• Proficiency in English (nice-to-haves).

Tech Stack

• Oracle

Benefits

• Telework/Hybrid